Literary Societies and Publications

    Entries drawn from the college history encyclopedia


Harman Literary Society
Harman Literary Society, 1923

The Harman Literary Society was founded on October 21, 1896.  The original fifteen members gathered in the parlor of Lloyd Hall to formulate a constitution and decide upon a name. Someone suggested, perhaps facetiously, that they name their organization after Professor Henry Harman, a member of...

Organization Type: Literary Societies and Publications

W. A. Hutchison Literary Society

Established in 1913, this literary society of the Dickinson Preparatory School was named in honor of William Albert Hutchison, class of 1892 and headmaster of the School from 1904 to 1917. The society was active for only one year, and no other information regarding it is available.

Organization Type: Literary Societies and Publications

McIntire Literary Society
McIntire Literary Society

Dickinson College’s second literary society for women, the McIntire Literary Society, was founded in 1921. It was named in honor of Professor Bradford O. McIntire, who had been teaching at the college for 30 years at the time the society was established. The McIntire Society seems to have been...

Organization Type: Literary Societies and Publications

The Onion

The Onion

During the early twentieth century, hazing was on the rise on many American college campuses. Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was no exception to this increase, with its main concentration founded in an organization called The Sophomore Band. The Sophomore Band had its own...

Organization Type: Literary Societies and Publications
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